Mel Clark

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Full Name: Melvin Earl Clark	Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 11, 1951
Birthdate: July 7, 1926	Final Game: May 1, 1957
Birthplace: Letart, West Virginia	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Mel Clark (Melvin Earl Clark) was born on July 7, 1926 in Letart, West Virginia. He made his Major League debut on September 11, 1951 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .335 with 1 home run and 15 RBI. Clark played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Mel Clark's best season was 1953, when he hit for a .298 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	PHI	N	10	31	2	10	1	3	.323	.323	.452	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1952	PHI	N	47	155	20	52	1	15	.335	.364	.445	6	4	6	13	1	5	2	0	4
1953	PHI	N	60	198	31	59	0	19	.298	.338	.389	10	4	11	17	1	2	1	0	10
1954	PHI	N	83	233	26	56	1	24	.240	.291	.352	9	7	17	21	0	5	0	1	13
1955	PHI	N	10	32	3	5	0	1	.156	.229	.250	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	2
1957	DET	A	5	7	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		210	649	82	182	3	62	.280	.321	.385	29	15	37	58	2	12	3	1	29
Total	AL		5	7	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total			215	656	82	182	3	63	.277	.318	.381	29	15	37	61	2	12	3	1	30

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	PHI	N	OF	7	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	PHI	N	3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	PHI	N	OF	38	0	0	81	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PHI	N	OF	51	0	0	104	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1954	PHI	N	RF	42	33	304.2	73	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1954	PHI	N	LF	20	19	184	39	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1954	PHI	N	OF	62	52	488.2	114	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1955	PHI	N	OF	8	0	0	19	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	DET	A	OF	2	1	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	DET	A	LF	2	1	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	22	20	193	43	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.960
Total			OF	168	53	497.2	335	19	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	42	33	304.2	73	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.975

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1947).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Washington Senators in exchange for a player to be named later (@July 12, 1956); Philadelphia Phillies received Roy Hawes (@July 18, 1956).
Sold by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers (@December 6, 1956).

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